As the transit strike stretched into Day Two yesterday, suffering business owners like Anthony Montaira (right) simmered as visions of year-end profits evaporated from their tills.

“We have probably done about a fifth of the business we normally do since the strike started,” said the Italian-leather glove vendor in the market at Union Square Park.

Usually at this time of year, Montaira, 40, says he rakes in between $4,500 and $5,000 a day.

“Yesterday we did about $1,000,” he said.

For many at the market, whether their year is a success or not depends on this week.

“I make 80 percent of my income [at this market]. And half of that comes in the last five days before Christmas. So you do the math. To lose these days is just huge,” said Mara Sinderbrand, a 46-year-old jewelry maker.

Those interested in the finer arts were also hit hard by the strike.

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, attendance was down 25 percent, said spokesman Harold Holzer.